OregonFlora species comparison

erect to ascending;

branches simple to much branched throughout, sometimes forming tumbleweeds.

alternate;

blades ovate to lanceolate; (1)1.5–6 × 1–3(3.5) cm, bases broadly cuneate to rounded, sometimes hastate on lower leaves;

margins wavy to coarsely dentate;

tips obtuse, farinose at least on lower surface;

petioles short to subsessile; (0)2–13 mm.

axillary few-flowered clusters and terminal spikes.

perianths 4–5-lobed.

perianths absent, enclosed by 2 bracteoles.

dimorphic; vertical, 1–2 mm; black; shiny or 2–2.5 mm, brown; dull.

fused to ~ halfway, rhombic to triangular rhombic, bases broadly cuneate to sometimes subhastate;

margins toothed in upper ?;

tips acute to obtuse;

faces smooth or short tuberculate, sessile or with stipe to 5 mm.

=18.